| 单词 | on the susso |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the susso a. State government relief paid to the unemployed, spec. during the Depression. Also in on the susso. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [adverb] > receiving unemployment benefit on welfare1933 on the susso1941 on the buroo1969 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > state allowance > unemployment benefit unemployment benefit1909 the dole1919 buroo1934 pineapple1937 rocking-chair money1938 susso1941 unemployment1976 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 51 On the susso, in receipt of unemployed sustenance. 1942 L. Mann Go-getter 10 Five shillings were five shillings and a handsome help to the sustenance. ‘We're on the Susso now.’ That was the song they knew and did not sing. 1974 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Feb. 155/4 We're on the Susso now. In the 1930s Melbourne schoolchildren grew up chanting this (to them) cheerful folk song—‘Susso’ being the state government sustenance available to the unemployed throughout Australia under varying conditions during the Depression. < as lemmas |
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